Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 6301
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 006301
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Colchester If in City or Town Stewiacke
If death occured in a hospital or institution Stewiacke East
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Nelson, David Creighton
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
9. DATE OF BIRTH 12 7, 1944
10. AGE in Years25 Months10 Days15 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession labourer
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Helen
16. NAME of Father Garnet Nelson
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Jessie Dennis
19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. D. C. Nelson
address Stewiacke East
Relationship to deceased wife
21. Place of burial Valley, Colchester County
Date of burial Oct 25 1970
22. Undertaker Mattatall Funeral Home, Truro
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) gunshot wound of the head, instant, accidental discharge of hunting rifle
(b)
(c)
other
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